Plans to Build a 13-Story Luxury Building in Brooklyn is Under Fire
Residents of Windsor Terrace say they have too many problems to welcome a 13-story luxury building at 312 Coney Island Ave to their neighborhood.
Park Slope and Cobble Hill: A Burglar is Breaking Through Doors
Police are investigating a series of similar apartment break-ins, and they suspect the same person is behind them all
Lenox Terrace Expansion Denied By City Council Committee
The City Council’s zoning committee voted unanimously Wednesday against a proposal that would have massively expanded Lenox Terrace, a famed Harlem apartment complex. The vote came as a victory for tenants and community members, who have been fighting the rezoning ever since it entered the city’s public review process last August. “This is a really important day for us,” Lenn Shebar, president of the Lenox Terrace Association for Concerned Tenants, told NY City Lens. “We’re a small tenants’ association, with a small budget. And yet we’ve been able to come together and beat the goliath.” The version of the project proposed by
The Unbanked of New York City
How does someone without a bank account navigate the city’s increasingly digitized financial system?
Harvey Weinstein Convicted of Rape and a Criminal Sexual Act
The media mogul was acquitted of the two most serious charges, but still faces up to 25 years in prison
What It’s Like Sketching the Nation’s Most High Profile Trials
A 45-year veteran artist reveals her craft.
Reading the Tea Leaves at the Harvey Weinstein Trial
The jury has been deliberating for days, but the case is far from over
Dominicans in New York Angry Over Suspended Election in the Dominican Republic
Hundreds of islanders lined the streets of Washington Heights Saturday to protest the electoral troubles in their homelan
Queens Residents Fear Changing Times, Blame de Blasio
A gym full of angry Queen’s residents greeted Mayor Bill de Blasio with boos Wednesday night at a Town Hall meeting at JHS 190 Russel Sage in Forest Hills. Attendees had plenty of questions and even more complaints. One man was even escorted out when he told de Blasio he was the worst mayor New York City has ever had. People were upset about several issues, including plans to open a new men’s homeless shelter and a borough-based jail in Kew Gardens, public safety, parking, and accusations of racism in the public school system. The meeting was particularly contentious, and many
The Waiting Game Continues: The View from Inside the Court Room
The jury for the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial deliberates for second day without reaching a verdict
Third Suspect in the Death of Tessa Majors Arrested
The teenage boy will be charged as an adult for the murder of the Barnard freshman
Waiting for Weinstein
For journalists covering the sexual assault trial of the movie mogul, it’s meant long, tedious hours outside the courtroom
Harvey Weinstein’s Fate Now Rests With the Jury
Judge asks jurors to review evidence and clarification on the charges
On Trump’s List of Pardons: the Former NY Police Commissioner
The president’s clemency frenzy, included Bernie Kerik, who spent three years in prison for tax fraud and making false statements
A Queens Detective Takes His Own Life
The NYPD had recently taken away Paul Federico’s service revolver